Cult of Personality

The series explores the psychological underpinnings of cult leaders, examining their personal histories, motivations, and transformation into charismatic figures with significant influence over their followers.

Suicide Cults

Suicide Cults is a gripping exploration into the lives of former cult members. David Koresh devotees detail their years inside Mount Carmel and a Jim Jones follower recalls how she narrowly escaped death during the largest mass suicide in US history.

Fall River

In 1979, three young women were killed in a streak of brutal murders in Fall River, MA, allegedly by a satanic cult practicing human sacrifice. Twenty years later, new evidence has surfaced and shed light on murders that were thought to have been solved.

How to Become a Cult Leader

Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls. Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.

Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run with Warren Jeffs

The rise to power of polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs, told for the first time by the woman who accompanied him on his run from the law.

True Believers

People searching for answers, healing, or human connection end up joining some of the strangest organizations.

Children of the Cult

Explores the world's most notorious and prolific cults Children of God, through the stories of three British women who escaped its clutches.

Waco Untold: The British Stories

We explore the untold story of the sizeable British contingent of David Koresh's Branch Davidian cult, and their experiences during the 51 day ordeal at Waco and its storming by the FBI in 1993.

The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness

The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a Satanic cult.

Deadly Cults

Dive into unhinged murder cases in which investigators uncover and expose the dark world of cults that kill. The series explores how power and manipulation can lead to extreme actions.

People Magazine Investigates: Cults

People Magazine explores shocking stories of ordinary people who, lured by promises of eternal life, get caught up in a terrifying web of abuse, deception, and manipulation. Explore the deeply disturbing world of cults through the eyes of survivors who managed to escape.

The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

Explore how the late Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded the controversial Remnant Fellowship Church and created the Christian weight loss program The Weigh Down Workshop, rose to fame as a diet guru and church leader.

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

In interviews and rare home video footage, ex-FLDS members share the truth about their isolated community — and the events that pushed them to leave.

Darker Passages

A follow-up series to the popular Dark Passages program - continuing the exploration of lesser-known supernatural events, unsolved mysteries, cults, and urban legends.

A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad

A colony of German Christians with a charismatic and manipulative leader establishes itself in Chile and becomes instrumental to the dictatorship.

Secte, mode d'emploi

The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?

Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

The Witnesses

The two-night investigative special follows the stories of four former Jehovah’s Witnesses, as they recount details of the sexual abuse they endured during their time within the organization.

Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult

Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult brings viewers face to face with people who spent years living in fear according to a megalomaniac's version of the truth. Compelling interviews and remarkable re-creations offer a rarely seen firsthand picture of life inside a cult.

Daughters of the Cult

A deep-dive into the history of a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalist cult members who perpetrate a deadly wave of violence and abuse for decades in the name of their fanatical prophet, Ervil LeBaron.